National Lampoon’s Animal House convinced a whole generation of young boys that college life would be nonstop revelry, complete with keg parties, pot-puffing, prank-pulling and deflowering the dean’s teenage daughter on the 50-yard line. But even if director John Landis’s 1978 comedy masterpiece created unrealistic expectations, it still stands as the funniest-ever look at higher education. Reconnect with Otter, Bluto, Pinto, Flounder, D–Day, Hoover and the other brothers of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity on the big screen at 11:55 p.m. Friday and Saturday. River Oaks Theatre, 2009 West Gray. For information, call 713-866-8881 or visit www.landmarktheatres.com. $6 to $7.

Fri., July 25, 11:55 p.m.; Sat., July 26, 11:55 p.m., 2008

This article appears in Jul 24-30, 2008.

Bob Ruggiero has been writing about music, books, visual arts and entertainment for the Houston Press since 1997, with an emphasis on Classic Rock. He used to have an incredible and luxurious mullet in...